During a Q&A session on Instagram live last night (January 8), Jacqueline confirmed that her final scenes will air next month, but wouldn't be drawn on an exact date.

Jacqueline also remained tight-lipped on how Lauren comes to leave, meaning fans will have to wait and see whether she leaves with her boyfriend Josh Hemmings as planned – or if something else tempts her away from Walford.

Recent pap pictures showed Jacqueline filming Abi's funeral with several other members of the cast – including Lorna herself – which suggested that Lauren would be sticking around temporarily after her sibling's death.

Speaking about her exit back in December, Jacqueline said: "We were expecting it for quite a while. We were guessing for ages.

"When you know how the show works, you know where a story is going even a year before it. You start going, 'Hmm, if this happens, and this happens, maybe that's going to happen'.

"We were super prepared, but we just wanted to know how they would leave. We wanted to know what it was going to be. Then as soon as we found out, it was like, 'Oh my God, this is big'. If you leave, you want to leave big."